# Date parsing (timestamp)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526 "2018-03-12T10:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![cilzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@cilzzz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cilzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526/1 "2018-03-12T10:31:13Z")

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Hi how to parse this date in a log file?

```
2018-02-22T18:15:34.000+0100

```

thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526/2 "2018-03-12T10:48:11Z")

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Use a date filter. The ISO8601 date pattern should work for that kind of timestamp.

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**Author:** ![cilzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@cilzzz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cilzzz)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526/3 "2018-03-12T11:37:47Z")

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thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parsing-timestamp/123526/4 "2018-04-09T11:37:50Z")

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